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I “yVakening froiri a sound sleep with a want to know is why in the devil can’t
(filing.. thirst the other afternoon, 1 you throw your, cigarettes on the floor
>ljfd out of my sack and staggered down and stick your gum under the theater
seats like the rest of the fellows? If you’re
gonna, chew gum and smoke cigarettes,
th^Hiall toward the. water cooler.
Hteanjng over to drihk deeply of
pooling liquid, I made the mistake of open- take ’em in through your own noses and
mjrmy eyes.i Theire, swimming around | in mduths and don’t jforce the other lads to
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her fountain's center, were two cast-off drink them after you’ve gotten through,
igflretter-butts unit one severely-smoked The cerrter-to-rim distance of the av-
Ml; Smello PerfoCto.” My stoniach, being erage water cooler is seven inches. Surely
lightly weakened from the previous you can move your tired features a little
night’s activities, revolted at this turn of over half a foot and drop the refuse from
events. i I your f«ee on the floor instead of in the
'Bidding my palate, ( “Re f?Hlm'\ 1 ^fouhtaln. (
trudged down the long flight of stairs T Those water fountains were put in the
to iho second stoop, intending to satiate dorms at sdtne expense and jio little tfou-
my thirsty from thdr coolor, As I drew ble. Durlng these scorching summer days
near the Oasis,’I recoiled back in hdrror. they are of great comfort to the troops.
AH around the rim of the fountain were So lets some of you jokers not tear up the
i inumerable wads-of Mr., WrjgTey’s pro- play house by making a dumping grounds
duct, alHjf which had been roundly'chew- out of the water supply,
ed before being abandoned by their for- If you have a burning desire to mud-
mer owners. Taking my stomach in hand, die up the fountains, take off your shoes
I bolted to the Coke machine and spent and socks and get up and wade around in
my weeks allowance putting out the fire.’ them awhile. It won’t take your muddy
, , Now, far be it from me to come out footprints long to wash away,
publicly against smoking the deadly weed. But for comfort’s sake, let’s keep the
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By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK, July 6 <A>>_To t|ifc
pobr man’s philosopher:
“Dear 1 sir,
“I am 25 years old. 1 will become
a June bridegroom the last day of
the monttf. As this is my first mar
riage, I am anxious to make a good
impression. Is there anything I
ought to know? Should I look for
ft job now-v-or liter? ,
(Signed) “Bashful.”
Your arixiety is quite natural,
< bashful. But you must calm your
self, my boy. A|ter all you soon
will bo worrylnglfor two, and that
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your desire to make a good im-
pression at your first wedding:
Yes, there are many things you
ought to know. A wedding is in
deed a serious matter. ji /
Naturally, my bojf, there, are a
few business details. And it is bet
ter that they be arranged in ad
vance so that there will be no hard
feelings afterward. | ,
The first thing, of etHUWtr' is
the dowry. You simply mustn't let
any affection for your bride In-,
fluenqe you in this important mat
ter. More and more parents are
finding themselves with daughters
Letters To The Editor
And farther yet [be it from me to dis
courage the calming of the nerves with
flavor impregnated chicle. But t what 1
cigarettes and gum otit of the fountains.
Their memory lingers on; long after you’re
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The White Man Keeps an Unfair Scoreboard . . .
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ies ain't done right by us keeps the books.”
qs the essence of complaints In its attempts to make western films
the movie industry last weeTc interesting and blood curdling, the movie
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Indians” nji
leveled at
by an Oklahoma state senator of indiau , industry has made the Indians a
descent. His words were most eloquent thirsty; scalping, sadistic race of brutal
and the blast most passionate. j nomads who mercilessly killed whi :e peo-
1 i“Never has the Indian been portrayed pie when they settled on the Indian’s rich
as the defender of his homeland in his hunting grounds. The ; -statements of Em-
meager attempt] to preserve his homeland ery are undoubtedly true. We hale seen
from the white aggressor,” Senator Glad- “Custer’s Last Stand” only once,] so we
stone Emery said in a letter to the Motion,- can remember only once when the Indians
Picture-Association ;6f America. He ; c6n-i have won. And, like he said, that] -was a
tinueq,. “Bjk sitting through fCuster’s Last massacre.
“COME HOME—ALL IN
FORGIVEN"
Mike Ferguaon :
TNCW Class ’48
My Dear Mias Ferguson:
Your letter (both of them, too)
Was a masterpiece of literary ge
nius. In it you say you are going
to apologize but by the time I
finished reading it I felt as though
I; had, been run through a threshing
machine.
- It seems as though both you and
Miss Jackson took my letter too
seriously ... it was meant in good
hsmor just as your first work of
art was meant to be, which I
took as such. So. to you Mike, I
dffer my humblest apologies and
ask, “May we be friends?”
! As you'said, so say I, much of
my humor was ill-formed and
rather cutting. I will admit that
the co-eds on the campus are wel
come, very much so, in!fact. I
Have no kick coming about their
possibilities of passing a screen
test. Some of them would, and
others would not, just as jt is done
Sneak Preview
but Hollywood way.
^Believe me, I took no oftense
about any insult to my looks,
whibh, "I griuit you, are not ex
ceptional, but I'm satisfied.
After reading your letter, and
Lee's, i\feel like a “little man.”
I have no grudge to hold against
either of yqu, because, as you say,
this is a democracy where the
freedom of speech prevails.
therefore, here is my personal
"Come home, JiL, all is forgiven,"
if you would haviit that way.
Chuck Laakso
Class ’51
Organized Reserve Corps Has
New Training Credit System
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Editor, the Battalion: \
The Battalipn is overlooking a
source of revenue. I’m sneaking
of these letters from girls that
have been printed lately. Taking
into consideration the paper's'cir
culation, such letters should be
classified as advertisement^ and
charged for accordingly. (
John Hill \
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Stand’rsorjie years back twice. I’d seen the
Indians wjin twice. Of course that was a
‘massacre’ because the Indians won.
. “The pot slfats my folks took at wagon
trains were nd inore than is done now on
occasion when we find a trespasser on opr
property. /h- ] * ' ML I
“Try to depict the American Indian ns
he was and iH kndjve shall see and-believe,
if We don’t -go; ’ftatiatTcs' much in thtise
parts-—especiHliy wheif the white mjtn
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^The movres don’t want to show Mexi
cans as villains because those films ar&.
nerican
logical
Boyer Has Tight Finish When
Sentenced to A Ropes End
unexportable to our Squth A
neighbors, so the Indian is the
money making whipping boy.
Is the dollar worth the indecent hu
miliation of the once proud amjl potent
American Indian? If our movies mW
have villains, let them be white rrjen.
Surely, we are strong enoug^i to see
our p>vn ri)ce as sadistic villains.;
The Kinp’s Men Have A Long Wait ...
! ;Thfe Belgian people have repudiated j unkingly during the war, but t»i
; thq attempts of monarchists who hop^d 1, ^ 1 - i “ , ---
the election last week in that country
would; show a pojiulir desire to have King
Leopold return from exile.
-Immediately after Germany’s capituh-
tioh, Leopold was told by the Belgian par
liament that Belgium didn’t appreciate
this; collaboration with the Nazis arid
thipgs" iin Belgium would Tun - much
smoother if he would move beyond the
borders. As always happens when a kipg
gets Exiled,; sympathizers and hangers-4n
< started plugging for his return, and Leo-
: pold’s supporters have been plugging hard
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-Many of .these supporters come from
the masses whpihink Leopold is a human
is heart
is in the right place.
Several years ago his heart was won
by a fair woman who w^s a commoner.
Leopold disregarded both custom and pro
testations of the aristocracj’ and married
her. Largely for this reason thj* queen is
very popular with the masses, j
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But whefkjtcomes to voting, the peo
ple’s symnatmes*were too prejudiced by
mpmorie/of Leopold’s betrayal of Belgium
by his shotless surrender of the country
to invading German armies inj 1940, ^
Even a king’s life is not; tie ultimate
in happiness. Leopqld has to find plaCea
outside his homeland to spend all the
money his people annually pay him for
sort ofH fellow who might have behaved his upkeep.
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A Woman’s Vengeance (ill)
starring Charles Boj l er, Ann
Blyth, Jessica Tandy, and Sir
Ceqrlc Hardwick.
Life may bo tedious, h{ut we dbn’t
khoiik' what tixiuble really is.
Charles Boyer gets more than! his
ishare In this film, hut [some rtf it
[is bfoqght on by his own doihgs,
Married to an invalid whose only
ienjwment in life is ftfelitig sorry
for ihenelf, Boyi'r seeks happiiiess
elsewhere, in the form of j>no.
Ann! Blyth, and an plil 'friend of
the family's, Jessica Tandy. After
Boyer and his wife have a Violent
(quarrel over her worthless brother,
Miss Tandy is called over to smooth
•out the wrinkles. Tht* three have
a party, and later Boyer excuses
jhtmwlf to keep an engagement
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Sends CARE Aid
College Hiarried students and
their wives in the Kum Duble Class
of the Methodist Church are send
ing a ten dollar CARE package to
Europe every two months.
The money is sent to headquar
ters jin New York City and CAltE
officjals select the family that will
receive the package,, according to
Ferfs Baker, Wesley Foundation
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The package program is under
the | sponsorship of phe Social ac-
tipnj committee of thje church. Dor
is and Erskine Hightower are
chairmen of the committee.
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Thisj | is how appropriations voted
last week by the legislature com
pare with current spending:
TO departments of the state —
$51,396,640, (only $30,056,994 to
comp from general revenue with
other revenue sources supply the
remhinder). Current allocation
$42,812,080 (all funds).
with Miss Blyth. Returning home
that evening he learns that his
wife has died of a sudden heart
attack.
All hopes of Miss Tandy’s
marrying Boyer, arje shattered
when he nuirries Ann Blyth, and
brings her Home to live. The old
gal doesn't i take it so well, and
drops a hint to his wife's old
'"nurse, that her death may not
have been accidental, The nurse
quirk to K*t e\e» with Boyer,
divulges a lot of circumstantial
evidence to the police.
An inquest Is held after opening
.'Che grave dml re-examining tlit
body. Boyer ils charged with mur
dering his vilfe by poisoning her
With ursenlcj nnd is sentenced o
die by hanging. The family phy
sician, Sir Cedric Hardwick, hns
his own idea)* about the Case, ard
carried th’emj through to the end.
Brtyer missed the noose by k
thread, and itjs really a tight flnisli.
An excellent cast turn in top
performances. The film has a ten
dency to drag in spots, but otht|r
than that it should satisfy the aq-
dience. j
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ToFilm Committee
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Fern Speaks .
To IE School
George Fern, former indus
trial education professor at
A&M and present director of
National Scholastics Awards,
Scholastic Magazine of New
York, is guest speaker for the
joint University of Texas-
A&M Industrial Education
slimmer school here.
Fern began as guest lecturer
Monday and Will speak to vocation
al classes! through Friday.
A native of. Michigan, Fern be-
vgan as assistant! professor of me
chanical engineering and superin
tendent of the M& Shops at A&M
ReCeiving his^BS in industrial ed
ucation }n 1929, he taught until
1933 witjhj the irank of associate
professqif. ,
From J933 to; 1935 he served as
state director of industrial edu
cation ind\chaifman of vocational
division, ’ Sta^e Department of Ed
ucation. 'He served from 1935 to
1945 as state director of Michigan
Vocational Eduction and as chief
of training, Gilman Personnel Di
vision,: Office of Secretary of War
for one year.
From 11946 Until 4,948 he was
managing editor of the s Am<»rican
Vocational Journal. Hu* assumed
his priaVnl job in 1948.
W. W. Me!
Agricultural
rofessor in the
Education Depart-
‘ The Associated (Pres* is entitled exclusively to the usd for republication of all news dispatches
[Milted to iLor not otherwise: credited in the paper and local
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ment, has bdeh notified-Uy Ralph
L. Evans, cojordinafor of the Na
varro County Vocational Training
Schools, that i he has been reap
pointed chairman of the Cen-Tex
Film Library t Executive Commit
tee for another year.
Mcllroy was also selected to
head the auditing committee for
the organization for the next fis
cal year. I ! * !/, j
The Cen-Teix Library, owns 228
films of educational nature. These
films are loarted to veteran voca
tional agriculture schools and vo
cational agriculture high (schools
in 31 counties in the Waco area. ,
Also on deposit are 15 films giv
en by Industrial companies whose
, . . . - • products agq Associated with farm-
A higher education-$59,607,- | n g and farm problems.
Current allocation^ $46,726,-
New! Distributor
At Delta Station
A now] type] of fvrtillaor dfatrlb-
Utor will, be ust<d in cxporlnumtal
wprk lo bo conducted by the Col-
Isgv t W'Hr. Professor J. C
Smith til tliej Agronomy Depart-
tmmt, sidd tbls morning.
Smith, H. IK. Uua, and li. H
Marti ford huye just recently re
turned from ja trip to the Delta
Experiment S tation at Stoneville
Mississippi, where plans to builc
such a distributor were,discussed
The Deity Stytiop is far advancet
in mechanizsition as a result of
some machinery developed by
W. E. Meek,! the engineer located
there, Smith said j
The upit desired by the A&M
Agronomy Department is to be a
combination of a multi-unit dis^
tributor, j anhydrous ammonia dis
tributor, j conventional distributor
and steed! planter. j /
“Such a unit is needed so that
further expensive fertilizer trials
may be mode here,” said Smith.
The Dnltk Station has also done
work; on weed control with chemi
cals, Smith added.
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on their hands these days, and a
good man is getting hard to find. -
Drive a fair but sharp bargain.'
Many fathers-in-law still dislike
making cash settlements. How- !
ever, if your bride’s dad is any man !'
lat all he probably will be only too ;
glad to present you and his daugh
ter with a newly-furnished apart
ment, rent-paid for three years. i
There is the matter of the wed- /
ding itself. Too much stress has if
been laid on the importance of the ' ,
ring. It is only a syirtbol. Buy a
simple ring. Just be sure the gold
won’t wear off it until at leaat
three days after the oerempny.
AuthoritieH differ as to Whether
you should invite your old girl j ,
io ceremony. For my
rueneve you should;! The
bight of, aay, half a dosen of your
The OrRaiilzed ReMervo hft« cTianged Ity Hyiitem qflftward
ing trailing creditw for retention in Afce Active Reserve,
Colonel Oscar B. Abbott, Executive fbr the Telta« Military
District,‘has announced. /;• 1 |i 1
The' syatem of obtaining credits by “hours” h is been
—V-discarded for a system qsing the
“point credit” plan. 1 ,
Minimum requirements for re
tention in the Active Reserve is
now 27 point credits a year, in
cluding 15 points which will be
allowed for membership in the
Active Reserve. Only one point Will
t>e allowed for one day of duty,
whether it be for active or in
active duty. i j
An officer on a 30-day tour of
duty will receive 30 prtints, and he
will receive the same number of
points by attending 30 armory
meetings. As an officer will be
credited with 15 points for mem
bership in the Active Reserve, he
actually will have to earn only 12
points throughout the year.
There has been no change in
the number of points required for
a Satisfactory year of service! for
retirement- purposes. P'
An enlisted Reservist must re
ceive 20 prtints for retention jin the
Active Reserve, but he will have
to earn only five points a year;
as he also receives 15 prtints for
being in the Active Reserve.
One reason for the change, ac
cording to Abbott, was the con-
•x-flamtf w«fping in d«
give your bride a feeli
victory, Ami, after all,
one you want to make
Thorn la, otto last thing, my bqy
irour faUicr-ln*
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quiet K
o la tho
h$ppf.
i n*n> is, one msi uu*
that matter of a Job,
you driva off bn youi
law’s car, i it might be wlae' to sug
gest that ho start looking igt once
for employment frtr you. Ti [ v
It ia a sad time for fathers when
they lose their daughters, and this
task will reassure the olH man
there still Is something foe him to
do in the world—while yot»’rc en
joying your honeymoon,, as a June
bridegroom should.
And take your bride along, too,
my boiy. She’ll be grateful 1 forever!
for this little touch of thought
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fusion which was! created by award
ing “hours” for ( retention in < the
Active Reserve ajnd using “points”
inj calculating credits ’ for retire
ment at the age of ( 0. tyie “year”
of service for retirement will be
the same as that foi l retention.
Colonel Abbott wont , on to say
that this new regulation, which be
came effective June 29, directis the
itre rtf a credit card to be kept; by
th|e / Organized Reserve Corps u|nit
tructors. for eflc!l mem
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d^y a mo,ve is under way among
Democrats to scuttle the Rural
Telephone Legialatiom “Because
the author Has opposed many
ministration measures!” j. j
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of the bill. It would aUthorite gov-
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during the retirement year! brill
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lx recorded on the card, jityh &
atntohient as to who Her sufficient
ints for retention ! in the Act v«
i) satisfactory
ernntent loans
phone systems^ y /
The bill /is tP be considered
Thursday by the/ House.
“I am distressed to learn,” Magee
said in a speech,, “that tttyre is a
move on among some of my Dem
ocrat colleagues to scuttle this
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ten earned during thb year.
The Army also has olimipa od
thi' nomioacrlptlve! term "ingrtvo
duty” in Its applIcaHm to train
ing for Active Reservists net on
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